RE:Re: [TCLUG:6132] Itsy's Back...

["chad" <chad@speed-racer.com>]

oh man, i'm jealous!
hope ya'll have a great time..

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Original Message
From: "Bob Tanner"<tanner@real-time.com>
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:6132] Itsy's Back...
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 21:26:47 -0500

>Troy are you at the Linux Expo?
>
>We should hook up and talk.
>
>I have lots of notes to share with the LUG when I get back.
>
>Quoting Troy Johnson (john1536@tc.umn.edu):
>> I have sent some comments to Compaq at this address:
>> 
>> 	http://www.compaq.com/comments.html
>> 
>> because I'd really like to see something like the Itsy in the near
>> future. Here is an article url:
>> 
>> 	http://www.theregister.co.uk/990521-000027.html
>> 
>> and here is the article:
>> 
>> Posted 21/05/99 5:03pm by Tony Smith
>> 
>>   Compaq may release Linux micro-PC to open
>>   sourcers
>> 
>>   John Gettys, Compaq consulting engineer and Linux Expo keynoter,
>> yesterday said a
>>   tiny, 'deck of cards'-sized computer developed by the PC vendor might
>> be made
>>   available to the open source community. 
>> 
>>                         The Palm-style device, dubbed Itsy, sports a
>> 200x300-pixel
>>                         screen, contains 32MB of memory, is powered by a
>>                         200MHz processor and is based on Linux. It was
>>                         developed by Compaq's Western Research Lab,
>> based in
>>                         Palo Alto, California. 
>> 
>>                         Itsy is based on a voice-recognition system that
>> promises
>>                         to do away with even the fiddly styles favoured
>> by most
>>                         shipping handheld machines. Gettys said the
>> device could
>>   be used to access and download email. 
>> 
>>   Gettys also said Compaq was investigating whether the Itsy device
>> could be "made
>>   available to the Linux community". Quite what be meant by this is
>> unclear. If the device
>>   is as powerful as he suggested, it's hard to imagine Compaq not
>> wanting to turn it into
>>   a commercial product. 
>> 
>>   That said, Compaq is currently backing Windows CE, and releasing a
>> Linux-based
>>   handheld too, might confuse the market and, what's more, annoy
>> Microsoft. The
>>   Western Research Lab was acquired by the company when it bought
>> Digital. Given it
>>   appears to be having difficulty figuring out what to do with Alpha, it
>> might experience
>>   similar problems with Itsy. 
>> 
>>   In any case, given Itsy is based on a modified version of the Linux
>> kernel, the OS at
>>   least would have to be released under the GNU Public Licence. Which,
>> given that's
>>   how 3Com is attempting to build developer support for the Palm
>> platform, might well
>>   give Itsy a lead too.
>> 
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